Whoo Hoo....new gear!

“Yes, LtHiker, I'm hoping to get a chance to use them at FYAO. This morning, I was getting them adjusted to fit my boots. Looks like they'll work quite nicely.”

“My brother and I just bought a pop-up camper today. Woohoo!”

“Sweet! New or used?

I have looked into used ones in the past, but decided to wait until the kids were around.”

“kinda heavy though ain't it?”

“Not for backpacking silly head!”

“Used...it's a 1999 Viking Legend 2485ST. Very nice. Lots of space inside, way more than another we looked at this week. It has a slide-out dinette, so there's even more room inside. About the only thing that it doesn't have that we wanted was an attached screen room.”

“bitpusher will soon be posting on http://www.thepopupcamper.com website. He will take his useless brand of humor with him. Those poor folks..should we warn them.....naw let them suffer like we do ;)
last edited: 1/25/05 3:44:14 PM”

“just bought a pair of trail runners, finially! they were 1/2 normally 60 bucks”

“Kelty Gunnison 2 tent
Campmor price on sale $129.96
http://www.campmor.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=38470413&memberId=12500226

My measured weights:

2# 3.5oz tent fly
1# 15.9oz tent body
8.3oz pole
8.3oz pole
6.5oz stakes(12)
1.5oz tent bag
1.3oz guys(6)
0.7oz gear loft
0.4oz pole bag
0.3oz stake bag

Total from my scales: 5 pounds 14.7 ounces
Manufactors claimed weight: [packaged] 5 lb 11 oz, [minimum] 5 lb 3 oz

What I consider the 'carry' weight is less than the total.
Only four stakes (2.2oz) are needed for most use and only the two short guy lines (0.2oz) are needed.
Neither is the pole bag (0.4oz) or gear loft (0.7oz).
My carry weight will be: 5 & 1/2 pounds, give or take a half ounce.

One nice thing about this 2 person tent is it can be split up between two with equal carry weights, give or take a half ounce.
One person carry the fly and one pole: 2 pounds 12 ounces
The other carry tent body, one pole, 4 stakes, tent & stake bags: 2 pounds 12 ounces”

“I tried on a few pairs of boots today. I'm screwed footwear wise. I'll be in running shoes until I strike it rich and can afford custom boots.

So I settled for three pairs of new socks and a new pair of polarized sunglasses. Pretty lame gear score. I shpould probably just not even post on here anymore.”

“Do two suits, a couple of shirts and ties for a job interview, that may take me to a job in a new location, where at least I can dayhike, ski, snow shoe--qualify as "new gear?" ;-}”

“Only if you hike in a tie.”

““I tried on a few pairs of boots today. I'm screwed footwear wise. I'll be in running shoes until I strike it rich and can afford custom boots."

Not wanting to cite Backpacker Mag as a source of anything good but they had a blurb (they're all blurbs aren't they?) about how the practice of heat molding used in mountainiering boots is coming to hiking boots also. Don't know if it'd be any cheapper or if you could even find a place to do it.”

“Do they qualify if they help me get a job so I can afford/do more hiking?”

“Stove Stomper, are you replacing your Tarptent?”

“wannabp - No, Just adding to my collection. ;-)”

“When we finally get a nice day down here, I'll set up my pop-up over at my brother's and get some good pics of it.”

“Ah. I'm so bummed about the rain coming in mine. I've started daydreamimg about a Warmlite again. I know how/where I pitch the Tarptent matters, but when I get to camp, I'm interested in picking a site more for ambience and convenience and less for drainage. And the Warmlite is 4-sesaon so I start to compare paying for the bathtub retro to having a for real 4-season.”

“SS - I really enjoy that tent for the type of slow trips I've been taking lately. It seems weird to carry something that weighs more than my sleeping bag, tarptent, and backpack combined, but I like it. Enjoy.

This weekend I'm making a sil poncho and about a dozen stuff sacks. I guess that counts as new gear.”

““Ah. I'm so bummed about the rain coming in mine. I've started daydreamimg about a Warmlite again. I know how/where I pitch the Tarptent matters, but when I get to camp, I'm interested in picking a site more for ambience and convenience and less for drainage."

I carry a couple document clips in my pack and I can clip up my pack liner (lawn and leaf bag) in the foot end and it can keep nearly all the rain out. Drainage is a whole other matter though.”

““When we finally get a nice day down here, I'll set up my pop-up over at my brother's and get some good pics of it.”

What'd ya get? I sold my pop up and got one of the hybrid ones (hard shell with pop out beds). I kind of miss the pop up because it was easier to take places.”

“1999 Viking Legend 2485ST. Very roomy for a pop-up.”

“I had a little 10' Coleman. Very nice to pull and it was still a bit like camping. Don't get me wrong, the shower, kitchen and tv aren't so terrible now. LOL!

It's great if ya have kids. A lot less work.”

“My Dakota pulls the Viking like it's not there.

The thing is huge for a pop-up. Sleeps 7, has a pull-out dinette, a cassette toilet, indoor/outdoor stove, A/C, furnace, 3-way fridge, water heater, outside shower, the works. The only thing it doesn't have that we wanted was a screen room. It has an awning.”

“My new bag showed up today. It really looks nice and stuffs down to the size of a 2 liter bottle. Been a long time since I bought a new sleeping bag, can't wait to try it out. It will take up about half the space in my pack that my old North Face bag does. Woo Hoo!”

“count as "new" gear. I did get 2 new (used) dutch ovens and I got 78" bars for my roof rack. Now I can carry 2 canoes or 4 women strapped up top of the Awsome Trak. I also got 2 new tires for the Trak, new ball joints...joints...LOL...OINTS!!!!!!!!!!..oh oh...ban stikmon...he said OINTS!!!! and 2 new seals for the transmission.


whoo hoo...new gear.

But, I'm gonna put a serious order in with Campmor and get some new stuff...socks and a new fleecy top to match my fleecy bottoms, compression sack endcaps and a silnylon compression sack for my sleeping bag, and lots of other things that I want, but dont necessarily need.”

“It counts.

I need to go shopping!”

“dang I just can't get the image of dhutch strapped to the top of stikmon's Trak out of my head - I'm destroyed for the rest of the day - that's it - mental health day - mwahahahahahahahahahaha”

“Nige, sounds promising but my trouble is in the width of the toebox. My goal is to find a boot that puts no pressure on the top of my big toe joint or on my pinkie toes. I have a EEE balls of my feet and a normal M sized rest. I am a freak of nature.
I suppose I could buy a very nice pair of boots and try to get them stretched beyond their intended shape but damn, they're so expensive to be doing that and I can't even find a leather, non-goretex boot to start with!”

“HOI, you dirty ol man. ;-)
I am only having pure thoughts about dhutch being straped to a roof rack.”

“I went to Backpacker.snob and tried to find a link to their fancy pants boot fitting campaign thing but I did find this...who knows?

http://www.backpacker.com/gear/footwear/step1/”

“she has been hitting on me lately too. Is that a good thing? can another TT romance be in the works?? Will Stikmon finally break the cold snap???

NAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No rack strapping for Stikmon!!!”

“just got a hennessy hammock expedition. will try it out next month”

“Hey, hey, hey...

Who sent who e-mail. I hit on no-one!
That being said, strap me down baby :-D

lol”

“max pro socks nice thick acrylic and nylon socks and thin blister guard under socks. For between $4 and $5 for three pairs.”

“Sweet, I'll look into that Tango. I hike in those type of socks at crew length along with trail runners. Works fine for me.”

“I don't know why but those Target type socks do better for me than the $14 Smartwool od Ultimax socks do.”

“Oh yeah they also have coolmax socks too.

Nigal, my store just got them. I hadn't seen them before about 1 week ago.
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“bought MSR ascents tonight. Really can't afford 'em, but I bought 'em and can't wait to use them. May try and use them tomorrow at Ricketts Glen if the snow is deep enough.”

“I just got a wide angle lens for my digital camera. That counts as gear since I have to carry...right”

“Which lens did you get, Ewker? I've been wanting one of those, but price and weight argue against.”

“wannabp, I have Kodak DX7590 digital camera. I wanted the wide angle lens for the Sierra Trip. I got it off ebay for a lot less than any store sells it for. I did have to buy an adapter lens so I can attach it.

here is the camera I have


this is the wide angle lens I bought ”

“are wides available for my Olympus c-740? and what does a wide angle lens do?”

“It allows you to get a bigger (wider) view of the landscapes. Wide Angle Lenses aren't good for taking photos with people, though, as you'll discover that the people on the edge of the frame will be distorted...”

“per the website: Put this wide-angle lens in your camera bag and soon you'll be putting spectacular photos on your wall. Our SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH XENAR 0.7X Wide-Angle Lens increases your angle of view a full 30 percent.

Look on ebay under camera accessories. I justcehcked and there are wide angle and telephoto lens for your camera.
last edited: 2/04/05 12:05:00 PM”

“Got new boots today! Lowa Whistler GTX. They make my tootsies feel like i'm walking on pillows and they were cheap too! 88% off regular price!
This is my first pair of gortex boots, I wonder if I can treat them the same as my old stinky boots?”

“I got a deal on these shoes.”

“LMAO

spiffy”

“Ssssstylin'!”

“get outta town buddur”